Exchange Server 2007: Description of the Isinteg utility

SUPPORT SOLUTION:
Isinteg is a utility that searches through an offline
information store for integrity weaknesses. You can also repair issues that
Isinteg detects. Isinteg is run at a command prompt. When Isinteg is
run at a command prompt, the following switches are available. This is also the
usage display (-? switch). isinteg [-pri] [-pub] [-fix] [-l [logfilename]]
Switch Result
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-? Usage is displayed.
-pri Check private information store (default).
-pub Check public information store.
-fix Repair information store.
-l [logfilename] Store log information in logfilename.
Default is isinteg.pri or isinteg.pub.
-patch Offline backup restore patch.
Note Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server no longer uses the Isinteg -patch switch. The Isinteg -patch procedure is performed automatically when the Messaging Database
(MDB) starts.Exchange 2000 also has the following additional switch.
Switch Result
—— ——

-s Server name.
In Exchange 2000 you must specify the database on which you are
running Isinteg (for example, isinteg -s Server1 -test allfoldertests). For more information about the Exchange
2000 version of this command, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 301460 

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301460/
)

Exchange command-line parameters for the Isinteg.exe tool

.Header

The following header is displayed regardless of whether a switch
is provided or not:
Microsoft (r) Exchange Server Information Store Integrity Utility
Version 4.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 1996. All Rights Reserved.
.Log File

The log file enables you to specify the log file for
output. Defaults:
Private. Database path of private DB\Isinteg.priPublic. Database path of public DB\Isinteg.pub.Running

When you run Isinteg
on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003, Isinteg
first checks to see whether the MSExchangeIS service is started. If the
MSExchangeIS service is not started, the following message is displayed, and
Isinteg stops: Error: unable to get databases status from
server. The reason could be either wrong server name or networking problems.
Isinteg quits now. If the MSExchangeIS service is started, and
the target database is still mounted, you receive the following message,
and Isinteg stops: Invalid selection, this database cannot be checked (it is online).
Please make another selection or try this database again later. If Isinteg is running together with the -fix switch, these counts are updated to the true values as determined
by Isinteg. The “named to ID or named properties” cleanup is another check that
is performed. This check removes unused named properties. The following
tables are examined by Isinteg:
ACL ListACL MemberAttachmentCross ReferenceDeleted FoldersDeleted RecipientsDeliveredToFolderGlobalMailboxMessageMiscellaneousOof HistoryPer-User ReadPropsIn ContentsReplidMapSpecial FoldersTimed EventsFor Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 with Service Pack 4, the
switches that are available with Isinteg are as follows:
Microsoft Exchange Information Store Integrity Checker
v5.5.2653.22 Usage: isinteg -pri|-pub [-fix] [-detailed] [-verbose] [-l logfilename] -test
testname[[, testname]…]-pri private store-pub public store-fix check and fix (default - check only)-detailed detailed mode (default - non-detailed
mode)-verbose report verbosely-l filename log file name (default -
.\isinteg.pri|pub)-t refdblocation (default - the location of the
store)-test testname,… folder message aclitem mailbox(pri
only) delfld acllist rcvfld(pri only) timedev rowcounts attach morefld
oofhist(pri only) global searchq dlvrto namedprop (-detailed mode only) peruser
artidx(pub only) search newsfeed(pub only) dumpsterprops fldprops Ref count tests: msgref msgsoftref attachref acllistref
aclitemref newsfeedref(pub only) fldrcv(pri only) fldsub dumpsterref
Groups tests: allfoldertests allacltests Special tests:
deleteextracolumns isinteg -patch (repair information store after an offline
restore) isinteg -pri|-pub -dump [-l logfilename] (verbose dump of store
data) For additional information about how to use the Isinteg
utility, see the Isinteg.doc file that is located on the Exchange Server 5.5 CD
in the \SERVER\SUPPORT\UTILS folder..For more information about using Isinteg with Microsoft
Exchange Server 2007, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125144.aspx
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125144.aspx)
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